In September of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, the political envoy of Zhejiang was located in the capital city of the state.

In the middle of the night, in a small dilapidated courtyard in the southwest corner of the city, a burly, fierce-looking man in his thirties sat upright in the room, with a pair of shrewd eyes flashing with essence, not knowing what he was thinking, like a hungry wolf hidden in the night.

This man's name is Ye Zongliu, who was originally a subordinate of the government of Chuzhou City, and he is quite famous in the area of Chuzhou City.

Because Ye Zong is good at keeping his skills and doing things ruthlessly, he usually pays attention to the brothers around him and squanders his money, so Ye Zong is very powerful in the area of the state capital, and has contacts with people from all walks of life, and has a great reputation in the rivers and lakes, and can be said to be a character who responds to all calls!

The prefect of Chuzhou was also very dissatisfied with Ye Zongliu's behavior, thinking that how could the people in the official government have dealings with the people of the rivers and lakes, and they were so close, I don't know if Ye Zongliu is an official or a bandit? Could it be that Ye Zongliu is going to be the current Song Jiang!

As a result, Ye Zongliu stayed in the government and was ostracized everywhere, and he was not allowed to be seen by officials everywhere, and the officials in the government looked at Ye Zongliu's eyes, as if they were looking at the hidden stakes planted by the people of the rivers and lakes in the government office!

In this way, Ye Zongliu not only could not be promoted because of his merits, but also could not get any messengers with oil and water, those messengers who offended people and were not easy to do, the prefect was the first to think of Ye Zongliu, and all of them were handed over to Ye Zongliu to do, which made Ye Zongliu suffer.

All this made Ye Zongliu, who had always had great ambitions, very dissatisfied, and the idea of picking a child gradually arose in his heart.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, as if many people were walking towards this side, completely breaking the silence of the night.

Immediately afterwards, the two dilapidated door panels in the courtyard of Ye Zongliu's house were knocked.

Ye Zongliu got up and came out when he heard the sound, and after opening the courtyard door, he saw six men standing outside, all of them were men with fierce faces, these people were not good at first glance, and they all had a bloody aura on their bodies.

"All here?"

The first man nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Boss, the brothers are all here!" ”

"Come in!"

After speaking, Ye Zongliu flashed, and the six men all walked in.

Ye Zongliu looked at the dark alley outside again, and saw that there was no one around, and then closed the courtyard door and walked into the house.

Ye Zongliu looked at the six men standing in the room, nodded incessantly, and felt a lot more comfortable in his heart.

These six men are all close friends of Ye Zongliu, respectively Wang Neng, Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, Ye Xiba, these people are all strong and strong bandits in the area of the state capital, each of them has countless lives in their hands, and their subordinates have gathered as few as a few hundred, as many as thousands of people!

Moreover, these six people all have a common characteristic, that is, they are all dissatisfied with the government, and there are always some incidents in private, but they are looking forward to Ye Zongliu.

As early as a few years ago, Ye Zongliu had already married Wang Neng, Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, and Ye Xi as brothers with different surnames, which shows the close relationship between everyone.

At this time, Ye Zongliu sat down, waved his hand to everyone, and said, "All the brothers sit down, it's been hard all the way!" ”

Everyone sat down one after another, all looking at Ye Zongliu.

Among them, everyone is headed by Wang Neng, who is a powerful man in Xuanping County, north of the state capital, with thousands of men and horses and countless granges. This Wang Neng not only has a large number of men, but also is ruthless and scheming, and can be said to be the second person in the crowd except for Ye Zongliu.

As for Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, and Ye Xiba, the three of them are brave warriors, the three of them are short-tempered and irritable, and they act bloody, and their men and horses range from hundreds to thousands, and all of them are outlaws, and they are well-known predators in the state capital, and even the government does not dare to provoke them.

And Chen Gongshan and Chen Jianhu are cousins, and they have relatively more people under them, both of them are three or five thousand.

However, the difference between Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu and Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, and Ye Xiba is that they are not as brave and bloody as the other three, but they are resourceful and vicious, and they are also well-known in the area of the state capital.

At this time, Wang Neng said in a deep voice: "Boss, gather everyone to come here tonight, but what is the important matter?" ”

Ye Zongliu looked at everyone, sighed, and said; "I summoned all the brothers here tonight because I want to discuss something important with them!"

Wang Neng said; "If there's anything, the boss just commands!"

Ye Zongliu said: "All the brothers also know that I have not had a good time in this state capital yamen, and those bastards in the official mansion are against me everywhere, I don't want to live such a nest anymore, so I decided to mix in the rivers and lakes with my brothers!" ”

As soon as Ye Zongliu finished speaking, Wang Neng laughed and said, "Haha! The Boss should have done this a long time ago! What's so good about this servant? Let's quit! In the future, wouldn't the boss and the brothers be happy on the rivers and lakes! ”

Next to him, Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, and Ye Xi also echoed loudly, and everyone said: "From now on, the boss will be happy with us, and no longer serve those bastards in the official mansion!" ”

Seeing everyone's joy, Ye Zongliu also laughed loudly, and the boredom in his heart dissipated a lot for a while.

"Brothers, I have an idea for the future here, and I want to talk to you about it."

"Boss, please speak!"

Everyone clasped their fists together and said, waiting for Ye Zongliu's next words.

Ye Zongliu paused and said: "Our brothers are all well-known figures in this state capital, and if we stomp our feet in the state capital, the entire state will be shaken three times!" So, I think our brothers can't continue to enjoy themselves like this, and we should do something big! ”

Hearing this, Wang Neng hurriedly asked, "What did the boss say, can you refer to?" ”

Ye Zongliu said: "I have already thought about this matter! In the area of Xianxialing and Tongtang Mountain at the junction of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, there are a large number of silver mines, and the government is lax in the supervision there, and many local heroes and gentry are privately opening silver mines! I'm thinking, since those little fish and shrimp have the courage to open a silver mine privately, why can't our brothers do it! ”

Hearing this, everyone pondered, after all, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, digging silver mines without permission is a crime of killing the head, and everyone has to think about it.

Ye Zongliu didn't urge, just sat on the chair and waited quietly.

After a while, Chen Gongshan asked, "Boss, how much can the silver mine over there produce?" ”

"At least 100,000 taels per month!"

Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this, and their eyes were full of greed.

Wang Neng gritted his teeth and said loudly: "It's done!" Brothers, 100,000 taels of silver a month, this is a wealth of the sky, and our brothers just took it! ”

The rest of the people are also hot in their hearts, and they are gearing up to do a big job.

Chen Gongshan said loudly: "The boss gives the order!" What do you need the brothers to do? ”

Ye Zongliu said in a deep voice: "It's okay to give an order, it depends on whether your brothers have great determination!" ”

"Absolutely!"

"Boss, let's say it, I'll never say anything!"

"It's done! What can't be done for the sake of these 100,000 taels of silver? ”

For a while, everyone rose up in a group and shouted for a big job.

Ye Zongliu was also excited when he saw this, so he said directly: "If you brothers make up your mind, then you will go back, sell your houses and acres, gather your men, and ten days later, take the people, horses, money and grain to gather at Huxiao Creek, twenty miles west of the state capital, and our brothers will go west to Xianxialing together and win this great foundation!" ”

Everyone was excited when they heard this, and they clamored for a big job.

Ye Zongliu also said excitedly: "Our brothers have taken root in this Xianxia Ridge, and when we are a big man who is not afraid of the government, see who dares to get along with our brothers!" ”